Hiram Bentley
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Jump to navigationJump to searchHiram Bentley was a private in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company I.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on August 5, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company I at Detroit, Michigan
- Mustered in on August 14, 1862 for a 3 year term of service
- 18 years old
- Missing in action on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Taken prisoner on May 5, 1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness
Death and Burial
- Died a prisoner at Andersonville Prison at Andersonville, Georgia
- Buried at Andersonville, grave #10490
Family
Notes
Sources
- Michigan and George H. Turner, Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Volume 24. (Kalamazoo, Mich.: Ihling bros. & Everard, printers, 1900). (Page 13)
Categories:
- Michigan Soldiers
- 24th Michigan Infantry
- Michigan Enlisted
- Soldiers from Wayne County, Michigan
- Soldiers from Detroit, Michigan
- Source: RSMVCW (24) 0013
- Michigan Missing
- 24th Michigan Infantry Missing
- Michigan Missing at Gettysburg
- 24th Michigan Infantry Missing at Gettysburg
- Michigan Prisoners
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners
- Michigan Prisoners at the Wilderness
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners at the Wilderness
- Michigan Prisoners at Andersonville Prison
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners at Andersonville Prison
- Michigan Killed
- 24th Michigan Infantry Killed
